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Fritz Petzholdt (b. Copenhagen 1805, d. Patras 1838)
“Akvædukt i den romerske Campagne”. Aqueduct in the Roman Campagna. Unsigned. On the back inscribed F. Petzholdt. Oil on paper laid on canvas. 19×34 cm.
The painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Fritz Petzholdt's works by MA Lise-Lott Barlas.
Henry Tuxen's unpublished inventory, 1942–1943, of Fritz Petzholdt's paintings in private collection no. 11.
Exhibited: Kunstforeningen (The Art Association), “Fritz Petzholdt 1805–1838”, 1985 no. 47.
Literature: Erik Drigsdahl “Fritz Petzholdt 1805–1838”, Kunstforeningen 1985, mentioned p. 30. Here it says about the present painting (in Danish): “It seems as if the infinity of the aqueduct has dictated this unusually wide panoramic format. Perhaps it is this painting Hans Christian Andersen is thinking of when he describes the Roman campagna in ”The Improviser“: ”Always we saw Soracte over the aqueduct“.”
Soracte / Monte Soratte is a mountain ridge with a very distinctive profile situated in the Tiber Valley in the Roman Campagna north of Rome.
Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen auction 739, 2005 no. 1422.
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Fine art, 4 March 2024